About Make Crypto Make Sense
For those who think beyond the coins.
The Problem I Saw
When I stepped into crypto after 25+ years in law and cross-border transactions, I felt like an outsider at a private club. I've structured deals totaling nearly $1 billion across technology, finance, and real estate. I've worked with NASDAQ listings, SPV creation, and tokenized assets across multiple jurisdictions.
Yet even with that background, crypto often felt like a foreign language disguised as finance.
What I couldn't find was a place where professionals - lawyers, compliance officers, fund managers, family offices, risk teams - could ask straightforward questions without feeling out of place. Everywhere else served one of two crowds: retail speculators chasing coins, or developers speaking in code.
So I built what I wish existed.
What This Is
Make Crypto Make Sense is where intelligent professionals understand how blockchain, digital assets, and AI are changing the way value moves.
Each week, I address one question that matters. No forecasts. No slogans. Just clear thinking backed by primary sources: regulators (SEC, ESMA, MAS, FINMA), central banks (BIS, ECB, Fed), international organizations (IMF, FATF, OECD), leading universities (MIT, Stanford), and the companies building the infrastructure (Visa, Coinbase, BlackRock).
That's 60-70% of what we cite. When consulting firms like Deloitte, McKinsey, and BCG analyze the same frameworks and reach similar conclusions, we cite them as validation - independent confirmation that the patterns we're identifying are becoming institutional consensus.
We go to whoever is making the move, and start from there. Then we cross sources, research, analyze, and add our insights.
How It Works
Every article is structured for how you actually read:
Excerpt + TL;DR: Two minutes. You're done. Move on.
Accessible English breakdown: The full story without jargon. Readable on lunch break.
Deep dive layers: For when you have time, or when you're delegating to your team for weekend reading.
You get what you need, when you need it. No fluff. No filler. Just structured intelligence you can actually use.
Why I Can Do This
I'm a lawyer, strategist, and entrepreneur who's worked in law and business since 1998. I started in high-tech venture law: SPAs, IPOs, corporate counsel work across NASDAQ and Neuer Markt listings. When the dot-com crash hit, I pivoted into commercial real estate, cross-border transactions, and SPV creation across multiple jurisdictions.
Over two decades, I've structured licensing frameworks, advised on international business strategy, invested in real estate, and worked on Web3 projects. My client work has spanned continents and regulatory regimes.
What sets me apart is how I think: not purely as a lawyer, not purely as an entrepreneur, but as someone who bridges both. I assess value, risk, and opportunity in real time. I think in systems, not silos. Long-term strategy over short-term hype.
Most people think in lanes. I think in systems. That's how you spot patterns others miss.
Crypto and digital assets became a natural convergence point: the intersection of law, technology, finance, and cross-border complexity.
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